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Integral Water and Sanitation Hygiene Project in Baja Verapaz

Since 2011, Habitat for Humanity Guatemala has expanded the definition of a housing solution to include more than just homes. Although four walls and a roof over head are essential to a family’s well-being, one must take into consideration other components such as access to clean drinking water and proper waste water management and sanitation. […]

Dalis Chojolán – Twin Cities – Noah Keller

Dalis (26) lives with his husband, Keneth (27), and their two children, Dylan (6), and Axel (4) in their new Habitat home in Cantel, Quetzaltenango. Keneth works as a mechanic, while Dalis takes care of the household and sews traditional clothes. Before partnering with Habitat Guatemala to build their home, Dalis and her family lived […]

Saúl Pulex – HFH Canadá- Doug Amirault

Saúl (26) and his wife, Lourdes (28), are the proud new owners of a Habitat Home! They live with their three children, Jefferson (9), Oliver (6), and William (1.5). Saúl works as an industrial mechanic, while Lourdes takes care of the family household. Before partnering with Habitat Guatemala to build their home, the family used […]

Healthy Home Kit – Isabel Yac – Polly Knudsen

Doña Isabel lives with two of her daugthers and a grandchild, in the community of Santa Lucía Utatlán, in the department of Sololá. Before partnering up with Habitat Guatemala to receive a Smokeless Stove, Isabel and Jessica, used to cook over an open flame on the floor called a “poyo.” “I cooked over a poyo […]

Martina Sicajau Tiu – Open Team – Polly Knudsen

Don Mariano (55) and his wife, Martina (47), are the new proud owners of a Habitat Home! They live with two of their children, Odilia (11), and Roberto (23), his wife, Julia (23), and baby Josselyn. Mariano works in agriculture. Roberto works in a different department, Petén, while the ladies stay at home. Before partnering […]

Santa Cecilia Paniagua – HFH Asheville – Joel Johnson

Santa Cecilia (30),  lives with her husband, Edgar (31), and their 6 children, Ana Cecilia (12), Edgar (10),  Santa Teresa (8), Reina (6), Andrea (4), and Rosa Adriana (2) in a small community in Chimaltenango. While Edgar works in the fields, Santa Cecilia takes care of the children and the household chores. As part of […]